Grain-divider for harvesters.



No. 760,743. .v j I PATENTED MAY-24, 1904-.

s. v. KENNEDY &" 0. s. SHARP; GRAIN DIVIDER FOR HARVESTEBS.

APPLIUATIQN FILED DEC. 1, 1903.

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UNITE STATES Patented May 24, 1964.

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sAMU L v. KENNEDY ND CHARLES s. SHARP, or AUBURN, NEWYORK, ASSIGNORS TOI). M. OSBORNE AND COMPANY, or AUBURN, NEW YORK,

A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

GRAl'N-DIVIDER F OR H A RVESTER S.

sPEcIFIcA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,743, dated May 24,1904. v Application filed December 1,1903, SerialNe. 183,313. (Nomodel-l To all whom, it .may concern: A Beit known that'we, SAMUEL V.KENNEDY and CHARLES S. SHARP, citizens of the United I States, residingat Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of' New York, have inventedI certain new and useful Improvements in Grainf Dividers-for Harvesters,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

Theob ect of our invention is to provide a divider that can be quicklyand easily removed I for storage or transportation. I

I Referrmg to the accompanying drawlngs,

the line w w of Fig. 1.

tail in plan of a bracket that'is secured to the outer end, of thefinger-bar. Fig. 6 is a detail in plan of the rear portion of thedividersupporting bar, and Fig. 7 is a detail of the rily holding thestandard socket fortempora of'the divider-board.

A is the"gr ain-wheel end of a harvesterplatform, to which is securedthe grain wheel C is the finger-bar, and Da casting bolted thereto andhaving attached to itthe forward Q end of a brace-bar 'E, which passesoverthe grain-wheel guide 13, to which it is secured.

by suitable bolts, its rear end being bolted to the rear corner of theplatform A.

Rigidly secured to the grai-nward end of the finger-bar C and integralwith the first guard- A finger a is a bracket (11/, having upon i t alock F, which engages with the supporting-bar and holds it againstlateral movement. The lock F comprises a casting f, bolted to thebracket a, and incloses a boltor plunger f, which is held down in alocked position by a coiled spring g, which surrounds the bolt, one endof said spring engaging with a pin g in the boltand the other endwith'the inner top of the casing. I

vGr is the divider-point, to which the forward end-of the divider-boardA is bolted. A supporting-bar His secured to the divider-point G by ahorizontal pivot I), and its rear end projects and is guided rearwardlyin a slot 6 in the casting D. To prevent a movement of the bar H too farforward, we provide a casting or stop 6 which is bolted-to the bar H. Astandard I supports the divider-board and is rigidly fastened to it.

I The stop 6' has an opening 0, which when the divider is inoperative'position is directly beneath and in line with a similaropening 0 I I in the top of the casting D. An inclined sur- Figurel'isan end elevation of a harvester-= platform, showing the dividerin-place; Fig. j

face is 'formed at the point don the inner side of the casting D,against which the end of the shown in Fig. 1. v The divider-board A israised, swinging upon the pivot 5, until the standard I is withdrawnfrom the socket in the casting d. ward, the supporting-bar H sliding inthe slot 6. .When the bar has been adjusted in the divider and .its IThe board is then moved forlock F and the stop I) is in contact withthe.

casting D,- the-holes or openings 0 care brought in, alinement and ahole 6' in the supporting-bar H, some distance forward from its rearend, registers with the bolt of the lock 7 F: Then the standard 1ispa'ssed through the openings 0 0. Its lower end, resting upon theincline at d, tends to form a jam-lock for the I end of thesupporting-bar H by forcing said bar against the side of the guide-slote, as will be understood. The divider is thus held securely in workingposition. To dismount the divider for storage'or transportation, thedivider-board A is raised, freeing the inner end of the supporting-bar Hby removing the standard I from engagement therewith. The bolt of thelock F is then raised, and the bar H is free to be moved to the rearin'the guideslot 0 until the standard I is in position to be inserted inthe socket in thecasting d, holding the divider as shown in Fig. 2. Ifit is desired to remove the dividerfrom the harvester, the casting orstop 6 is unbolted from the supporting-bar H, when the latter can bedrawn out through the guide, the bolt f having been raised and thestandard I withdrawn.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having arearwardly-extending supporting-bar, a finger-bar, a guide for thesupporting-bar upon said finger-bar, a divider-standard and means bywhich the divider-standard locks the supporting-bar in the guide.

2. In a harvester, the combination of a divider havingarearwardly-movable supporting-bar, a finger-bar, a guide for thesupporting-bar upon the finger-bar, a divider-standard and means bywhich the standard holds the supporting-bar in its forward position.

3. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a support movablerearwardly in a horizontal plane, a finger-bar, a guide for the supporton the said finger-bar, said guide having a vertical opening therein, acasting on the support having an. opening to register-with the verticalopening in the guide, and a standard on the divider to pass through saidopenings to hold the support and divider from rearward movement.

4. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having arearwardly-extending support, a finger-bar,-a guide for the support onthe finger-bar, said guide having a vertical opening therein, an openingon the support, an inclined surface on the guide, and a standard on. thedivider to pass through said openings and engage with the inclinedsurface to lock the divider in its forward position.

5. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having arearwardlymovable support, a guide through which the rear end of saidsupport moves, a finger-bar and a look there on forward of the guide tohold the front part of the support from lateral movement.

6. In a harvester, the combination of a'divider having a support movablerearwardly in a horizontal plane, a finger-bar, a guide upon thefinger-bar through whichsaid support moves, a. standard on the divider,a platform-brace having a casting thereon and a socket in said castingin which the standard rests when the divider has been moved to itsrearward limit.

7. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having arearwardly-extending support movable rcarwardly in a horizontal plane, afinger-bar, a guide upon the finger-bar through which saidsupport moves,a standard on the divider, a platform member having a casting thereon,and a socket in said casting in which the standard rests when thedivider is in its rearward position.

8. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a support movablerearwardly in a horizontal plane, said divider being soeured to saidsupport by a horizontal pivot, a finger-bar, a guide through which thesupport moves, a vertical opening in the guide, an opening in thesupport to register therewith, a standard on the divider to pass throughsaid openings to hold the divider in its forward position, and a lock onthe finger-bar to prevent lateral movement of the support.

9. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having arcarwardly-extending supporting-bar, bearings on the harvester in whichthe bar is mounted to slide so as to permit the divider to be adjustedforward into operative position or rearward into inoperative positionand a divider-board pivotally connected to the forward part of thesupportingbar so as to fold upward when the bar is drawn rearward.

10. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having arearwardly-extending supporting-bar and a divider-board pivotallyconnected to the forward end thereof, hearings on the harvester in whichthe bar is slidably mounted so as to permit the divider to be adjustedforward into operative position or rearward into inoperative position, asupportingstandard for the divider-board, and bearings on the harvesterto receive the standard in either position of adjustment of the divider.In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hands, this 19th day ofNovember, 1903, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

SAMUEL V. KENNEDY.

. CHARLES S. SHARP. Witnesses:

JAMES LATTIMORE,

HOWARD R. HANiuNs.

